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now given in about twenty universities, whereas scarcely five gave any 

 proper attention to the subject in 1883, when Mr. F. Waldo compiled the 

 Signal Service Note on this subject] {Z. 0. G. M., xix, p. 287.) 



The Germau Meteorological Association was organized on the 18th 

 of November, 1883, at a meeting in Hamburg of about thirty of the 

 most prominent meteorologists of Germany. At this meeting a tempo- 

 rary organization was effected, Dr. G. Neumayer being elected president. 

 A simi)le form of constitution was adopted, and the first regular meet- 

 ing appointed to be held at Magdeburg in September, 1884, at the time 

 of the annual meeting of the German Scientific Association (Natur- 

 forscher-Versammlung). The formation of local branches is also eu- 

 couraged, of which three have already been announced, namely, Ham- 

 burg- Altona, Berlin, Magdeburg. 



Like the Austrian, so the German association proposed to hold but one 

 annual meeting, but will publish a monthly journal as a means of stim- 

 ulating the development of meteorology. 



20. The first annual meeting of the German Meteorological Associa- 

 tion was held in Magdeburg, September 19, 1884. The secretary. Dr. 

 van Bebber, stated that the nutnber of members was, at that time, 

 406; branch associations exist in Magdeburg, Munich, Berlin, Ham- 

 burg-Altona, and Kudolfstadt. Of the members, 361 are domestic and 

 45 foreign ; 51 are employed in meteorology, 130 as teachers of various 

 grades, 47 are meteorological observers, 21 physicians, 30 lawyers, 10 

 apothecaries, 71 manufacturers and merchants, 18 agriculturists, 20 

 military officers, 12 astronomers. The branch associations have mem- 

 bership about as follows : Magdeburg, 200; Ham burg- Altona, 43; Ber- 

 lin, 92; Munich, 65; Eudolfstadt, not given. This last association was 

 formed in 1880, but is now become a branch of the general association. 

 A proposition is on foot looking to the eventual union of the journal of 

 the German society with that of the Austrian, probably at the begin- 

 ning of the year 1886. At present the German society maintains its 

 own and encourages Dr. Assmann's journal, Das Wetter. [It is evi 

 dent from the list given elsewhere that it will be very diflicult to con- 

 dense into one journal all the emanations from the numerous investiga- 

 tors of this most active scientific nation: but for the convenience of 

 students it is to be hoped that we may have one or two, but not more, 

 special meteorological journals in each lauguage. It would seem that 

 one in Russian, one in French, two in German, and two in English, one 

 for Great Britain and one for America, with perhaps a third eventually 

 for India and Australia, should abundantly answer the local needs of 

 the respective communities and the general needs of science.] (D. M. Z., 

 I, p. 412.) 



21. Of the German periodicals devoted more or less to meteorology 

 we notice especially the WocJiensckriftfUr Astronomie, Meteorolofiie und 

 Geograjihie, published by H. J. Klein, of Cologne; I)er Naturforscher, 

 published iu Berlin; Humboldt, a monthly journal for natural sciences, 



